(2022-05-04). EU commissioner calls for banning Russian oil. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 04 (MNA) — Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday called on the 27-nation bloc to ban oil imports from Russia in a sixth package of sanctions targeting Moscow for its special military operation in Ukraine.
(2022-05-04). CovertAction Bulletin Podcast: Julian Assange & the U.S. War on Whistleblowers. covertactionmagazine.com In this special episode of CovertAction Bulletin, we spend the entire hour with former CIA analyst and field agent John Kiriakou. Kiriakou became a whistleblower when he exposed the CIA's official torture program—and then became the only person jailed for it. | We discuss how the ongoing campaign against Julian Assange should inform us about how to view and support the work of other whistleblowers. While Assange remains in prison and under threat of extradition and trial in the U.S., the threat to journalists, publishers and activists continues to grow.
(2022-05-04). Jornadas contra la Homofobia y la Transfobia respaldan derechos para todas las familias. cubadebate.cu Las XV Jornadas cubanas contra la homofobia y la transfobia que desarrolla el Centro Nacional de Educación Sexual respaldan en esta ocasión el proyecto del nuevo Código de las Familias, que promueve el respeto y la dignidad de la pluralidad familiar. Bajo el lema "Todos los derechos para todas las familias", se extienden desde el 4 al 21 de mayo.
(2022-05-04). Educadores ecuatorianos inician huelga de hambre por sus derechos. telesurtv.net La UNE inició la huelga junto a 14 profesores, estudiantes, madres y padres de familias en Quito.
(2022-05-04). Democrats Have No Plan To Stop The Overturning Of Roe V. Wade. popularresistance.org The Supreme Court is on the verge of overturning Roe v. Wade. And yet, there is currently no cohesive national campaign from either the Democratic party or large reproductive rights organizations to fight back. Abortion activists and healthcare workers are becoming increasingly frustrated with this failure, often finding themselves at odds with their supposed advocates as they try to ensure access to abortion in states like Texas and Kentucky, which are already facing extreme limitations. "The Democratic Party has not had any substantial response to the recent attacks on Roe. Their statements and brief denounceme…
(2022-05-04). People Worldwide Mark Quds Day in Solidarity with Palestinians. orinocotribune.com 
Millions of people have taken to the streets for Quds Day rallies around the world to show solidarity with the Palestinians and condemn Israeli atrocities against them. | In Iran, demonstrations started at 10 a.m. local time (0530 GMT) in Tehran and some 900 others cities and towns across the country. | People taking part in the rallies seek to communicate to the world the deplorable conditions inflicted by Israel upon the Palestinians and press the Israeli regime to respect their rights. | They are also using the opportunity to highlight Israel's decades-long occupation of Palestine and the regime's atrocities a…
(2022-05-04). Liberal Writer On Flip Of Roe v. Wade: How Would White Supremacist Lawmakers Feel If Black Men Raped Their Daughters? moguldom.com When feminist writer Amanda Duarte took to Twitter to complain about the Supreme Court's flip flop on Roe v. Wade, she was accused of sending out a racist tweet. A leaked draft of a Supreme Court opinion obtained by Politico confirmed that the highest court is poised to strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights …
(2022-05-04). West Michigan unions and immigrants rally for May 1, International Workers Day. fightbacknews.org Grand Rapids, MI – West Michigan labor unions, politicians and socialist groups rallied and marched for International Workers Day on May 1 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. More than 70 union members and Asian-American, Chicano/Mexicano, and Black community activists and politicians gathered. The local unions also expressed solidarity for immigrant rights and justice for Patrick Lyoya, the young African man executed by Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr. | "Solidarity and the need to organize and win power for workers has to be the focus of unions in the aftermath of the COVID pandemic. Work is being redefi…
(2022-05-04). New Orleans marchers call for worker and immigrant rights on May Day. fightbacknews.org New Orleans, LA — Community members gathered with activist and immigrant rights organizations at the Benito Juarez monument in New Orleans on May 1, to celebrate International Workers Day. | Speakers from Union Migrante, an immigrant workers' organization, recounted their experiences of discrimination and unequal access to essential public services. They called for solidarity in the spirit of May Day to win full equality for immigrants in the city, regardless of immigration status. | The demonstrators marched to City Hall, taking the street and chanting slogans in Spanish and English, including "Oye! Es…
(2022-05-04). Mobilize the working class to oppose the attack on abortion rights! wsws.org The draft opinion of the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade is an illegitimate, anti-democratic and unconstitutional assault on the democratic rights of the entire population.
(2022-05-04). Abortion rights: Here today, gone tomorrow (unless we act). cpusa.org 
Abortion is legal today. And likely even tomorrow. And next week. But when the Supreme Court publishes its decision to reverse Roe v. Wade, a decision apparently made in February but leaked on May 3 to Politico, women will no longer have the reproductive rights they fought so hard for. Let's be clear. Poor …
(2022-05-04). Russia sanctions 63 Japanese, including PM. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 04 (MNA) — Russia's foreign ministry on Wednesday announced sanctions against 63 Japanese officials, journalists and professors for engaging in what it called "unacceptable rhetoric" against Moscow.
(2022-05-04). UN Special Rapporteur's Iran visit may add to sanctions. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 04 (MNA) — One has to cast serious doubt on the real mission of the visit of Alena Douhan, UN's Special Rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures to Iran in May as she could gather information to facilitate anti-Iran sanctions.
(2022-05-03). Japan is Suffering due to its Own Sanctions and its Ukraine Policy. journal-neo.org 
Tokyo is experiencing more and more problems as a result of its reckless adherence to Washington's Russophobic dictates. And as Tokyo continues to adopt new anti-Russian sanctions these problems are rapidly getting more and more serious. For example, Japan has already announced a number of sanctions packages against Russia as a result of the Ukraine …
(2022-05-03). These Countries Are Willing To Risk US Ire Over Russia-Ukraine. popularresistance.org Americans are fervently cheering for Ukraine in a war that many believe is a decisive struggle for human freedom. The intensity of our infatuation makes it easy to assume that everyone in the world shares it. They don't. | The impassioned American reaction is matched only in Europe, Canada, and the handful of U.S. allies in East Asia. For many people in the rest of the world, the Russia-Ukraine conflict is just another pointless Western war in which they have no stake. | The two biggest countries in Latin America, Mexico and Brazil, have refused to impose sanctions on Russia or to curtail trade. South Africa, the…
(2022-05-03). How A Gas Facility Started A Fight Over Climate Change And Sovereignty. popularresistance.org In the Tideflats of Tacoma, Washington, beyond the masts of sailboats anchored in the Puyallup Tribe's marina, pipelines emerge from the earth and snake their way inland. Their destination — an 8 million-gallon liquefied methane gas tank — was once considered by politicians to be the logical answer to the climate crisis. Now, it's the center of a local controversy with international implications. | The tank, owned by Puget Sound Energy, is the product of a recent era of proposed climate solutions. In 2012, the Environmental Protection Agency gave the shipping company TOTE Maritime a waiver to switch i…
(2022-05-03). Black America Responds To Shock Supreme Court Leak of Draft Decision To Flip Roe vs Wade. moguldom.com The nation had a bombshell dropped on it when an initial draft majority opinion of a Supreme Court opinion was leaked showing the court's conservative majority is planning to overturn the landmark abortion rights case Roe vs. Wade. Politico was the first media outlet to break the news on Monday, May 2. According to the …
(2022-05-03). Keep abortion legal! Defend women's and reproductive rights! fightbacknews.org May 2, 2022 | A leak of a draft majority opinion overturning the historic Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade is circulating in the press. Written by Justice Samuel Alito, the leak confirms what many have suspected: the Supreme Court is poised to overturn federal constitutional protections of abortion rights. If Roe is overturned, 26 U.S. states will likely enact bans on abortion. Freedom Road Socialist Organization condemns in the strongest possible terms this attack on reproductive freedom. | We call on all working class, oppressed, and progressive people to take to the streets and fight for our lives — in…
(2022-05-03). PSL Statement: Supreme Court declares war on women and abortion rights — Take to the streets! liberationnews.org 
A heroic individual has leaked to the public the decision by the Supreme Court to end abortion rights by overturning the Roe v Wade decision, and the earlier Casey decision.
(2022-05-03). Workers Are Tired Of Being Exploited And They're Fighting Back. popularresistance.org This past weekend, workers around the world celebrated May Day, also called Labor Day and International Workers Day. May Day marks the accomplishments and contributions of workers and reminds them of their rights. Clearing the FOG spoke with Stephanie Basile and Brittany Carloni of News Guild, part of the Communications Workers of America, about the many victories they have had in organizing media outlets over the past five years. They use a model that can be replicated everywhere of training member organizers and connecting them with other shops across the country to build a powerful labor movement that is democ…
(2022-05-03). Tuesday 5/3: Call to Action: Abortion Rights Now! Bans Off Our Bodies! indybay.org Your local court house, federal building, town square/plaza, or street intersection…
(2022-05-03). Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, ending right to abortion. wsws.org The decision is an assault on the democratic rights of the entire population. Its content is politically, legally and morally abhorrent.
(2022-05-03). Court's draft ruling a part of a bigger right-wing strategy. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—A draft U.S. Supreme Court majority opinion eliminating abortion rights angered women and pro-choice advocates and sparked a political war on both sides of what anti-abortionists have made their cultural issue keystone for 49 years. "Hey, hey, ho, ho! Sam Alito has got to go!," hundreds of protesters chanted in front of the Supreme Court …
(2022-05-03). Immediate Response to Supreme Court Leak at Federal Bldg in Oakland. indybay.org On May 2 at 5: 30pm Pacific Time, the news hit that the U.S. Supreme Court plans to strike down Roe v. Wade, overturning abortion rights, according to a draft majority opinion obtained by Politico. Abortion rights activists in Oakland, California were on the streets within 3 hours. | 44 second mp4 video…
(2022-05-03). US Supreme Court set to eradicate abortion rights. peoplesdispatch.org As per a draft decision leaked yesterday and published in Politico, May 3, the Supreme Court is set to overturn the historic Roe v. Wade ruling of 1973, thus eradicating abortion rights in the United States. | The draft decision was penned by Justice Samuel Alito, a conservative George Bush-appointed judge. He did not hold back on his criticism of Roe, which is the only federal protection for abortion rights for women across the United States. "Roe was egregiously wrong from the start," he wrote. "Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damaging consequences." | The ruling of Roe was based…
(2022-05-03). Vienna talks underway through exchange of written messages. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) — The Vienna talks have not stopped, but continue in another process to lift the sanctions, the Iranian Foreign Minister said, adding that the talks are under through the exchange of written messages with the Americans.
(2022-05-03). China holds "emergency" conference over sanctions threat. wsws.org Government and financial officials in Beijing are on alert, fearing that the unprecedented financial sanctions imposed on Russia could be used against China.
(2022-05-03). Iran oil min, Venezuela pres. discuss overcoming US sanctions. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) — Iran's oil minister has paid an official visit to ally Venezuela where he met President Nicolas Maduro and discussed ways to "overcome" the effects of sanctions imposed by the United States against both nations,…
(2022-05-03). Help Save Coyote Bush Collective Garden – Eviction Threat. indybay.org Coyote Bush was recently served an eviction order. Help us raise funds to save a vital sanctuary.